Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Quote by Edmund Burke

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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we...

The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we...

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded;...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded;...

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government.

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors,...

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a...

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a...

The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent,...

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in...

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in...